Price tag holder



A ril 25, 1944.

W. B, M CARTY PRICE TAG HOLDER Filed April 16, 1942 Patented Apr. 25, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRICE TAG HOLDER William B. McCarty, Jackson, Miss.

Application April 16, 1942, Serial No. 439,258

1 Claim.

This invention relates to price tag holders, and its general object is to provide a holder that is primarily designed for associating a tag in suspended relation to a shelf, the holder including a strip, preferably of channel formation, for attachment to and along the front longitudinal edge portion of the shelf to embrace and cover the same, so that my holder not only acts as such for a price tag, but also as a facing or trim for the shelf, thus adding a pleasing and ornamental appearance thereto, especially in view of the fact that the strip is preferably of metal having a glossy finish such as chromium or the like.

A further object is to provide a price tag holder that includes a facing strip from which the tags are suspended for swinging movement, so as to be conspicuously displayed, but are held against rotation, so that the indicia or price bearing face of the tag will be disposed toward the front, for the indicia to be clearly visible at all times.

Another object is to provide a price tag holder which makes it possible to apply and remove tags with respect thereto, in an easy and expeditious manner, but the tags are held against casual removal or displacement.

A still further object is to provide a price tag holder that is simple in construction, easy to install, not liable to cause injury to the hands of the person, in applying and removing goods with respect to a shelf, and the holder is inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely efficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the holder which forms the subject matter of the present invention and having a tag connected thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a, fragmentary perspective view, looking toward the inner or channel side of the strip.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A indicates a shelf, and it will be noted that the strip of my holder which is preferably made from sheet metal, includes a vertical front wall I having horizontal parallel upper and lower relatively narrow walls 2 and 3' respectively, formed thereon, to provide a channel for fittingly embracing the front edge portion of the shelf, as best shown in Figure 2. The strip can of course, be of any desired length and in the form shown, it is rather short, as well as has openings adjacent the ends of the front wall thereof for receiving suitable securing means, such as nails 4, for securing the strip to the shelf. It will be obvious that a long strip will have openings at regular intervals alone its length for receiving the securing means.

Formed on and depending longitudinally from the rear of the lower wall 3 is a flange 5 of a length co-extensive with that of said lower wall, and the lower edge portion of the flange 5 is crim ped upwardly against the front face thereof, to provide a rounded bead 6, thus eliminating a sharp edge, so as to prevent injury to a person, when applying and removing goods relative to the shelf below that shown.

The downturned or depending flange 5 is provided with a row of holes 1 arranged at regular intervals along the length thereof, and either of the holes is for the purpose of receiving a substantially S-shaped hook 8 for connecting a tag 9 in suspended relation from the flange, as best shown in Figure 2. The hook includes a relatively large curved upper portion [0 to be mounted in a hole I, and a relatively small square cornered lower portion II to be mounted in a hole 12 disposed centrally in and adjacent the upper edge of the tag, which is shown as being of rectangular formation. The lower portion ll sets up a clamping engagement with the tag, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 2.

The holes 1 are preferably of triangular formation, and each hole is arranged with a corner of the triangle lowermost for the hook to engage the same, and that feature together with the clamping engagement of the lower portion ll of the hook with the tag, prevents rotation of the latter, so that the indicia or price bearing face of the tag will be disposed toward the front of the shelf at all times.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

right angles thereto and having a row of holes therein, said holes being of triangle formation and arranged with one of the corners thereof lowermost, a hook having a lower square cornered portion for disposal through a hole in a tag to embrace the latter, and said hook having a rounded upper portion receivable in any one of the holes of the flange to engage the lower corner thereof and for suspending the tag rela- 10 tive to the shelf.

WILLIAM B. MCCAR'I'Y. 

